Daniel Farson (1927-1997), was, (like John Deakin who he used to hang out with) a regular of the London Soho, alcoholic, gay and adventurous, who worked as a TV host but also photographer for news agencies and several magazines for wich he portrayed significant characters of the British cultural life. He later went on to own a pub that led him to financial ruin to finish up his days in his family home where he wrote many books, including his autobiography 'Never a Normal Person', published the year of his death. A few years ago he was vindicated posthumously with a retrospective of his portraits in the London National Portrait Gallery.